County Board Sets Budget and Road Work Cuts
The county approves a large budget with state and local taxes, funds for the county farm and training school, and road repairs. A patrolman wage cap is set. Merrimack-Baraboo road surveying costs are allocated. H. E. French to serve as engineer. weekly time reports required. Rabid dog damage to cattle totals $800, paid from the dog fund. several sheep losses cited with 80 percent payout.
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Ounty
Arghing
Mital Statistics
Board of Hd
Highway Committee
Baranco Town
Boars Creek
Winfield
Merrimack-Baraboo
H. E. French
D. H. Dederich
C. E. Society Elects Officers At Congregational Church
The Christian Endeavor society held its annual election with Kenneth Conway as President and Robert Moog as first vice president. Frank Kramer is second vice president, Ruth Tinkham secretary, Opal Kramer treasurer, and organists Miss Nellie Jeffries and Miss Opal Kramer. A church bazaar booth for the young people was planned for December 2.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church
Kenneth Conway
Robert Moog
Frank Kramer
Ruth Tinkham
Opal Kramer
Nellie Jeffries
Train Derailment Near Adams Detours Repels Freight Train
A C N W freight train number 478 derailed about three miles west of Holmesville near Adams after a broken wheel. About ten or eleven cars went off the track. Train 421, the North Coast Limited, was forced to detour. Deck cleared by 12:30 Thursday afternoon.
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Holmesville
Adams
North Coast Limited
Auto accident injures two near Butterfield’s bridge
Ray Cummings and Niel Powell were injured Saturday evening when their car skidded on a slippery Portage road near Butterfield’s bridge and tipped over. Cummings suffered a head injury and facial wounds, while Powell broke a collar bone. Cummings was treated at Baraboo hospital. Powell was sent to Madison for care. The car was badly damaged and assistance came from Baraboo.
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Ray Cummings
Barney Cummings
Niel Powell
Grant Powell
Butterfield’s Bridge
Portage Road
Cummings
Baraboo
Madison
Caledonia
Mr. Cummings
Miss Cleo
Delton
Portage Couple Heads to Berlin for German Visit
Mr and Mrs Julius Schnell of Portage left Saturday for Berlin Germany to spend several months in Mr Schnell s native land The trip aims to learn the dye business from a brother who operates in Germany.
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Julius Schnell
Portage
Berlin
Germany
Mr. Schnell
Titicaca the highest steam navigated lake in world
The text states Lake Titicaca is the highest steam navigated lake, at an altitude of 12 545 feet, spanning Peru and Bolivia. It also mentions a note about war preparedness, animal bills for dogs and rabbits, and the board adjourning until January.
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Titicaca
Lake
Peru
Bolivia
Herman Buclow
Georce -Pimiin
Gosgdh Wigchoy
Wart Lamberton
George.Owen
Henartes
Boldrr Jeoney
Joseph Murray
Glen Clemens
Coolidge
Thanksgiving Service Emphasizes God’s Gifts at Union Meeting
A union Thanksgiving service at the Congregational church featured an anthem by the Baptist church and an offering to the Women's Relief Corps. Rev. F W Schoeller spoke on giving thanks to God as the source of all blessings and urged daily gratitude, highlighting spiritual and temporal gifts and the Pilgrims' faith.
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Baptist Church
Women’s Relief Corps
F. W. Schoeller
God
Amer
Milwaukee officials clash with James Stone over liquor enforcement
Milwaukee officials and Dr W C Zabel criticize James A Stone of Reedsburg for accusing state police of ignoring liquor violations. Zabel challenges Stone to present facts and says the attorney general will investigate. Sheriff McManus calls Stone a champion let George do it official.
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Milwaukee
James A. Stone
Reedsburg
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Dist. Atty
W. C. Zabel
Milwaukee County
Stone
Conscientious Bargain Seeks Fair Tailor Price
A Boston Transcript note quotes a conversation about haggling with a tailor. One speaker explains thrift aims to avoid harming the seller, stressing careful negotiation to prevent unnecessary loss.
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Boston Transcript
Loganville family travels to California in bungalow truck
C A Bartenbach and family of Able man are on a cross country trip to California in a modern bungalow truck and Cadillac touring car. Relatives report they have good weather and roads, have reached Fort Worth Texas, and plan to continue through New Mexico and Arizona enjoying the journey. Their bungalow outfit is widely admired in each stop.
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Loganville
California
C. A. Bartenbach
Fred Kohlmeyer
Ed Kohlmeyer
Henry Westedt
Fort Worth
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Baraboo River Drops Three and Half Feet Per Mile
O D Brandenburg explains Baraboo river’s average fall of 3 1/2 feet per mile from Kendall to Portage detailing elevations at Kendall Elroy Reedsburg Baraboo and the mouth near Portage. He notes driftless-area glacial changes and a historic shift of the Baraboo into the Wisconsin river with old rapids once feeding water powers.
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Baraboo
Kendall
Wisconsin
O. D. Brandenburg
Elroy
Reedsburg
Portage
Bara
Ableman
Baraboo Range
Narrows Gap
Kilbourn
City Solons Hold Meeting On Legion Flag Half Mast Resolution
City council met Wednesday evening at city hall with Mayor Andre presiding. The session confirmed American Legion action calling flags at half mast on all public buildings for a veteran's funeral and noted stores need not close for local veteran funerals.
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Andre
American Legion
Legion
Bergson Talk At Fortnightly Literary Club
Henry Bergson discussed as a major thinker at the Fortnightly Literary Club meeting hosted by Dr and Mrs G T Thaerer. Emma Gattiker summarized Bergsons life and philosophy highlighting intuition, subconscious mind, and evolution driven by an instinctive impulse.
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Henry Bergson
G. T. Thaerer
Bergson
E. M. Adams
Paris
Herbert Spencer
Plato
Emma Gattiker
Darwin
Miss Gattiker
Debaters Meet at High School For Dance and Funds
At the high school gym members of the debating society held a dance after two basketball games. Rodwell's orchestra played for more than 50 attendees. Refreshments were supplied by mothers of members. The event raised 30.05 dollars for upcoming inter scholastic debates.
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Debating Society
Rodwell
Messrs
Palmer
Hayward
Rooney
Baraboo Chiropractor Buys Prairie du Sac Practice
Chiropractor L. E. Nunn has sold his Prairie du Sac practice to H. A. Marcus of Baraboo. Marcus will continue to practice in Prairie du Sac on Mondays and Fridays. Dr. Nunn has left for Mt. Morris, Illinois.
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Baraboo
Prairie DU Sac
L. E. Nunn
H. A. Marcus
Dr. Nunn
Mt. Morris
Portage seeks jail grounds for tourist campers
Mayor Peck asks Columbia county board of supervisors to grant use of Portage jail grounds for tourist campers. He argues the shelter will provide moral and physical protection for those living outdoors.
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Peck
Portage
Columbia County Board of Supervisors
Beekeeper Guy Glazier Braves Wild Bees and Tarantula
In San Diego the bee hunter Guy O. Glazier, a Wisconsin native now living in San Diego, tracks wild swarms across hills and canyons. He uses smoke, a carrying hive, and simple tools to harvest honey and relocate bees while avoiding rattlesnakes and tarantulas near his nose.
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Guy C. Glazier
R. L. Glazier
Baraboo
C. W. Eggelston
Kilbourn
San Diego
Sun
C. Wesley Hall
Guy O. Glazier
Mexico
Canada
Glazier
San Diego County
Campo
Wisconsin
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County Board
C. E. Society
Congregational Church
Prohibition Enforcement
City Solons
Pacific Coast
Crey
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